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...member may throw a ‘black ball’ in the final round to permanently eliminate a punch whose membership she would strongly oppose. Given this, however, it is asked that members alert the club to this possiblity *prior* to the final cut, so as to avoid leading a punch on longer than necessary. * Punches will be discussed in a different, random order at each meeting...
Your attempts to emulate Rachael Ray burn a lot of power, never mind garlic. The refrigerator alone accounts for at least 9% of a home's energy usage, or $117 a year. Cover food to avoid moisture buildup, which makes the fridge work harder, and close the door quickly. As for the range, match the pot to the burner. Better yet, use the microwave instead, to cut energy two-thirds...
...turned out to be: “the most important player on the 2005 Harvard football team is...” No slight meant to team captain Erik Grimm or defensive anchor Matt Thomas but the choices I offered were Ryan Fitzpatrick, Tom Brady, and Clifton Dawson, seeking to avoid subjectivity by including, in fact, only one true member of the 2005 Harvard football team. However, I received almost as many votes for Fitzpatrick (6)—last year’s captain and current NFL quarterback—as Dawson (7), and a singular polemical...
...their own—to bypass that which is established and start organizations in which they can be their own bosses and go their own way. Why bother trying to find something you like at the Activities Fair when you can just get your own table to avoid working around someone else’s ideas...
...nerve agents destroyed by U.S. forces, that contaminated the battlefield in the 1990-91 conflict. "We've done quite a lot more to set up preventive health systems-monitoring of soil, water, air and just ongoing monitoring of the environment to ensure as best we can that people avoid things, either infectious agent or toxins or any kind of exposures that might cause disease," he said early in 2004. But he added that such steps would not eliminate the stress of combat. "Being in these environments and fighting this kind of war is clearly going to be stressful for some...